Celeste counters and synergy
How to counter Celeste
To counter Celeste, play Rat King, Paige and Graves: Celeste wins only 42.1% against Rat King. Overall Celeste wins 48.7% of 1.1M matches in the last 30 days. Celeste does best with Shiv on the team.
- Win rate
- 48.7%
- Pick rate
- 32.6%
- Matches
- 1.1M
- Updated
- 26 October 2026
Each number is compared with what Celeste's win rate and the other hero's predict, so a strong hero doesn't top every list. Green bars beat that expectation, red fall short, grey are within chance.
Same team
Best teammates
Shiv 101k matches
+0.4 vs expected
43.8% win rate
Violet 118k matches
+0.4 vs expected
50.1% win rate
Drifter 159k matches
+0.4 vs expected
49.3% win rate
Graves 209k matches
+0.4 vs expected
56.3% win rate
Silver 156k matches
+0.3 vs expected
44.9% win rate
Infernus 177k matches
+0.3 vs expected
48.1% win rate
Haze 223k matches
+0.3 vs expected
52.9% win rate
Mirage 54k matches
As expected
43.6% win rate
Sharing a lane
Best lane partners
Enemy team, against expectations
Good matchups
Wraith 180k matches
+0.8 vs expected
48.7% win rate
Dynamo 124k matches
+0.7 vs expected
47.4% win rate
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Graves 271k matches
+0.7 vs expected
42.3% win rate
Yamato 156k matches
+0.6 vs expected
51.6% win rate
Vyper 85k matches
+0.5 vs expected
52.3% win rate
Lash 191k matches
+0.5 vs expected
48.3% win rate
Apollo 173k matches
+0.4 vs expected
49.7% win rate
Calico 92k matches
+0.4 vs expected
50.7% win rate
Enemy team, against expectations
Bad matchups
Warden 60k matches
−0.9 vs expected
51.3% win rate
Nurse Harrow 90k matches
−0.7 vs expected
46.6% win rate
Victor 153k matches
−0.7 vs expected
43.8% win rate
Deadman Danny 189k matches
−0.7 vs expected
50.2% win rate
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Mirage 67k matches
−0.5 vs expected
53.5% win rate
Baba 138k matches
−0.5 vs expected
45.3% win rate
Paige 175k matches
−0.4 vs expected
42.1% win rate
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Infernus 212k matches
−0.4 vs expected
49.2% win rate
Win rate against each hero
Celeste against every hero
The plain win rate: how often Celeste wins with each hero on the enemy team, lowest first. Strong heroes are hard for everyone, so the last column says how this compares with what the two heroes' win rates predict.
| Enemy hero | Celeste wins | Matches | Against expected |
|---|---|---|---|
 Rat King | 42.1% | 345k | +0.3 points |
| Paige | 42.1% | 175k | −0.4 points |
| Graves | 42.3% | 271k | +0.7 points |
 Seven | 43.7% | 195k | As expected |
| Victor | 43.8% | 153k | −0.7 points |
| Haze | 44.6% | 249k | −0.3 points |
 Kelvin | 45.0% | 75k | As expected |
| Baba | 45.3% | 138k | −0.5 points |
 Ivy | 46.2% | 112k | +0.4 points |
| Nurse Harrow | 46.6% | 90k | −0.7 points |
 Abrams | 47.3% | 146k | As expected |
| Dynamo | 47.4% | 124k | +0.7 points |
 Lady Geist | 47.5% | 133k | As expected |
| Violet | 47.6% | 153k | As expected |
| Lash | 48.3% | 191k | +0.5 points |
| Drifter | 48.3% | 215k | −0.3 points |
 Mo & Krill | 48.5% | 111k | As expected |
| Wraith | 48.7% | 180k | +0.8 points |
| Infernus | 49.2% | 212k | −0.4 points |
 Vindicta | 49.5% | 175k | As expected |
| Apollo | 49.7% | 173k | +0.4 points |
| Deadman Danny | 50.2% | 189k | −0.7 points |
 Bebop | 50.4% | 211k | −0.3 points |
| Calico | 50.7% | 92k | +0.4 points |
 McGinnis | 51.0% | 68k | As expected |
 Grey Talon | 51.3% | 88k | −0.4 points |
| Warden | 51.3% | 60k | −0.9 points |
 Holliday | 51.4% | 117k | As expected |
 Venator | 51.4% | 232k | As expected |
 Billy | 51.5% | 165k | +0.3 points |
| Yamato | 51.6% | 156k | +0.6 points |
| Vyper | 52.3% | 85k | +0.5 points |
 The Doorman | 52.5% | 92k | −0.4 points |
 Solomon | 52.6% | 131k | −0.3 points |
 Rem | 52.7% | 196k | As expected |
 Paradox | 52.9% | 142k | As expected |
 Sinclair | 52.9% | 69k | As expected |
 Viscous | 53.0% | 73k | As expected |
 Mina | 53.1% | 278k | +0.2 points |
| Silver | 53.3% | 174k | +0.3 points |
| Mirage | 53.5% | 67k | −0.5 points |
| Shiv | 53.8% | 125k | −0.3 points |
 Pocket | 54.2% | 105k | As expected |
Quick answers
Questions
- How do you counter Celeste in Deadlock?
- Pick a hero Celeste struggles against. Celeste has the lowest win rate against Rat King, Paige and Graves (42.1% against Rat King). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Warden, Nurse Harrow and Victor do better against Celeste than expected.
- Who is Celeste good against?
- Celeste has the highest win rate against Pocket, Shiv and Mirage (54.2% against Pocket). Taking each hero's own strength into account, Celeste does better than expected against Wraith, Dynamo and Graves.
- Who is the best teammate for Celeste?
- Shiv: together they win 43.8%, 0.4 percentage points more than their own win rates predict.
- Who should Celeste lane with?
- Shiv, Sinclair and Viscous make the best lane partners for Celeste, measured against what each pair is expected to win.